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we got news of the airline merger between american and u.s. air. do these usually work out or passengers simply going to have to cough up more money now that there are fewer choices? >> well, the mergers have often worked out for the air lines, if you look at the latest few mergers. it was about three, four five years ago, dealt fa merged with northwest, worked quite well and took out a lot of costs, helpful in keeping fares down. oil prices, whenever they go up, will make things worse around seen the united/continental merger, the similar kind of story. airlines go through mergers there is bumpy roadses as the two organizations come together and that means there can be service problems. each of the airlines that have gone through the major merge are doing that and seeing the bumpy problems and pretty much come out. what will happen over time is the airline costs will go down but they will get a little bit more pricing power. so the reality is for a lot of people, you know, if you buy your tickets now, you're probably going to be in a better positi
we got news of the airline merger between american and u.s. air. do these usually work out or passengers simply going to have to cough up more money now that there are fewer choices? >> well, the mergers have often worked out for the air lines, if you look at the latest few mergers. it was about three, four five years ago, dealt fa merged with northwest, worked quite well and took out a lot of costs, helpful in keeping fares down. oil prices, whenever they go up, will make things worse...
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organizers claim it is the biggest rally of its kind ever in the u.s. our chris lawrence is right in the middle of t and chris, what is the main call for action there today and why today? >> reporter: well, i think two reasons, two big issues here, deb, the last few die-hards start to straggle away, down to a few thousand people from crowd that organizers say once numbered about, you know, 30 to 40,000. but they have two issues. one, they want stricter emissions standards, not only on future power plant bus on existing power plants as well. and they want president obama to block the extension of that keystone pipeline. that's the pipeline that's bringing oil from canada right now it's only authorized to bring it into the great lakes region, but president obama has to decide whether to extend that pipeline all the way down into the gulf coast. we spoke with a couple younger people who came here from far away who say they do not want him to extend that pipeline. >> i'm only 16 and someday, i hope to have my own kids and i think this is -- i want them to l
organizers claim it is the biggest rally of its kind ever in the u.s. our chris lawrence is right in the middle of t and chris, what is the main call for action there today and why today? >> reporter: well, i think two reasons, two big issues here, deb, the last few die-hards start to straggle away, down to a few thousand people from crowd that organizers say once numbered about, you know, 30 to 40,000. but they have two issues. one, they want stricter emissions standards, not only on...
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younger people who say even though the u.s. right now may be as focused on the debt ceiling and other issues, it's time to look further down the line. >> i'm only 16 and some day, i hope to have my own kids and i think this is, i want them to live in a world that's you know, like environmentally safe and natural. >> a dirty and dangerous pipeline that's going to cut our country in half carrying a very da dangerous fuel and it will cause run away climate change. >> on the flip side, a lot of folks say tighter emission standards have already cost some jobs at plants in places like west virginia. tightening them further is only going to squeeze that part of the economy even more and some of the higher prices will be past on to you and me as consumers. they also argue that the keystone pipeline will be safe with today's technology and will bring jobs to places like nebraska and also help the u.s. become more energy independent. d don? >> chris, thank you very much. >>> she made history just a couple of hours ago. danica patrick bec
younger people who say even though the u.s. right now may be as focused on the debt ceiling and other issues, it's time to look further down the line. >> i'm only 16 and some day, i hope to have my own kids and i think this is, i want them to live in a world that's you know, like environmentally safe and natural. >> a dirty and dangerous pipeline that's going to cut our country in half carrying a very da dangerous fuel and it will cause run away climate change. >> on the flip...
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organizers claim it's the biggest rally of its kind ever in the u.s. chris lawrence is in the thick of it and chris, describe, tell us what you're seeing there. >> reporter: loud, crowded, very excited, those are the first words that come to mind, deb. they're calling this one of f not the largest climate rally in the nation's history. the organizers say they've got about 40,000 or more people here. the march just started a few minutes ago from the national mall at the washington monument. they are marching by the white house, trying to take their message to president obama and to some of the legislators here, and we've been talking to a lot of the marchers who have been here, excuse me, ma'am. >> yes? >> reporter: what brought you out here today on this march? >> right here, this is my little grandson, and i want a better world for him. i don't want a climate that's changing, creating all sorts of havoc as far as weather, droughts, floods, wars, that's what we mean. >> reporter: what is your message to president obama on expanding the keystone pipelin
organizers claim it's the biggest rally of its kind ever in the u.s. chris lawrence is in the thick of it and chris, describe, tell us what you're seeing there. >> reporter: loud, crowded, very excited, those are the first words that come to mind, deb. they're calling this one of f not the largest climate rally in the nation's history. the organizers say they've got about 40,000 or more people here. the march just started a few minutes ago from the national mall at the washington...
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. >> tomorrow, a lesson for the u.s. we will explain the action australia took on guns after the mass can i canning there, fareed talks with the man who made it happen. gps airs tomorrow right here on cnn, it's half past the hour, we are getting close toyota, we will get a look at the headlines. the head of iraq spy school was kill canned today, bought there's conflicts reports about his death. local officials say he was killed by confronting two stieds bombers that just killed his two bodyguards. the police say he died when two bodyguards were shot. a national hero, formerly charged with murder. oscar pistorius will know on tuesday if he will even get bail. he is charged with shooting to death his 29-year-old girlfriend in his home. through his agent, approximate pistorius strongly denies the murder charge and prosecutors say they will argue he planned it ahead of time. >>> a delta passenger that smacked a crying toddler during a flight could get up the a year for assault. he was sitting next to the boy and his mother.
. >> tomorrow, a lesson for the u.s. we will explain the action australia took on guns after the mass can i canning there, fareed talks with the man who made it happen. gps airs tomorrow right here on cnn, it's half past the hour, we are getting close toyota, we will get a look at the headlines. the head of iraq spy school was kill canned today, bought there's conflicts reports about his death. local officials say he was killed by confronting two stieds bombers that just killed his two...
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and if u.s. regulators allow it, usair will take over bankrupt american airlines creating the world's biggest airline in the process. that deal is good for investors, but passengers worry airfares will shoot up as competition disapears. but take a look at this. just after airline deregulation came into effect, there were 20 major airlines in the united states. by 1990, there were only 12 major airlines in operation. today just seven and with "uss -- usair and american merging we'll be down six. usair and american don't have a lot of overlapping routes or hubs. in the end, there will only be about out routes out of the 9,000 or so that will be served by one airline. they may see fares go up. but look at this. since 1979, prices for an average domestic economy airfare have dropped from $579 then to $365 now, though they have started to tick up a little bit lately. so much for that myth that merging airlines causes prices to go up. thanks for watching this week. find me on facebook at facebook.com/a
and if u.s. regulators allow it, usair will take over bankrupt american airlines creating the world's biggest airline in the process. that deal is good for investors, but passengers worry airfares will shoot up as competition disapears. but take a look at this. just after airline deregulation came into effect, there were 20 major airlines in the united states. by 1990, there were only 12 major airlines in operation. today just seven and with "uss -- usair and american merging we'll be down...